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Half-term days out near Thirsk
Apple Week at Ampleforth, trick or treat on the Moors Railway, pumpkins in Castle Howard and re-enactors at Fountains: October half term within an hour of Thirsk.
8 October 20264 min read
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James Herriot's writing home gets its blue plaque
Rowardennan in Sowerby, where Alf Wight wrote the James Herriot books, has a blue plaque: the house, the man, Thirsk's other twenty plaques and the walk out.
8 October 20266 min readPlan a day
Bonfire Night near Thirsk
Four firework displays within half an hour of Thirsk this year: Monk Park Farm and Northallerton on Thursday 5 November, Bedale and Masham on Saturday 7 November.
5 October 20264 min read
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Halloween and half term in Thirsk
Half term runs 26 to 30 October and Halloween is the Saturday after: Rural Arts workshops, Shaun the Sheep at the Ritz, pumpkins and a Halloween trail.
5 October 20263 min read
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What's open in Thirsk on a wet day
Six places to spend a wet day in Thirsk, all within five minutes of the square, and which of them are open on each day of the week, Sunday and Monday included.
28 September 20265 min read
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The Moonlight Glow Walk at Thirsk Racecourse
Herriot Hospice's first Moonlight Glow Walk sets off from Thirsk Racecourse on Saturday 3 October: a 5k after dark through the centre of town and back, glow sticks encouraged.
28 September 20264 min read
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Pumpkin picking near Thirsk
The Great Yorkshire Pumpkin Festival at Monk Park Farm, ten minutes from the square: which days, which ticket, what happens in the rain, and the two kinds of evening.
28 September 20264 min read
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Fountains Abbey after dark, and what to do with the day first
The National Trust lights the abbey and the water garden on eight October evenings, thirty-five minutes from Thirsk. We shut at four; the evening is theirs.
4 September 20264 min read
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The Seven Bridges walk, twelve minutes from the market square
A quiet woodland path twelve minutes from Thirsk market square, where a stream crosses under you again and again. Free, short, and most walkers turn back before it.
2 September 20266 min readFrom the kitchen
A cream tea in Thirsk, and what is coming this autumn
Rosa on the cream teas at Tea Time in Thirsk: scones baked every morning, a sweet flavour that changes with the seasons, and the cheese scone that never leaves.
29 August 20263 min read
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Get ready here before Ladies' Day at Thirsk
Thirsk Racecourse's next Ladies' Day is Saturday 4 September 2027. Breakfast, a private room to get ready in, and twenty minutes to the gates.
27 August 20263 min read
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The road up Sutton Bank has reopened
The A170 up Sutton Bank reopened on Sunday 4 October after its three-week maintenance closure, so the White Horse and the view are back as a short drive from Thirsk.
23 August 20263 min read